Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-05-12
COTTON MATERIALS

COTTON MATERIALS
Delicate Fabrics That Can Ne Developed
Into Dainty and Piesuresqus Gowns.
Cottons showing CLEANS Of gold; cot
tons with all sorts of fancy effects
wrought ON their surfaces; cottons as
delicate in color and as smooth-surfaced
as satin; cottons as lace-like as some OF
the gay seasons drapery-these are the
cottons of to-day. That they develop
into dainty and picturesque gowns
goes without saying, but not such
gowns as in the olden time were pict-
ured to the mind by the expression
wash costumes. Velvet. ribbon.
lace, embroidery-in fact, every thing
deemed suitable is used for decorating
cotton costumes. which often appear
expensive without really being 50. The
ability to make ones cotton gowns at
home is an accomplishment of great
value. for it is well known that nsodistes
will charge for the making more than
the cost Of the material and decora-
ton.
Among the novelties in cotton fab
RIGS is a mingling in batiste Of cotton
and silk. Stripes are produced by
alternate close and loose weavings; in
the loose. lace-like stripe the threads
are drawn in hemstitch fashion and
caught with the silk. and the contrast
of tone between the silk and cotton is
pleasingly emphasized. The silk
threads run across the goods at regular
intervals. and glisten like silver
against the unbleached color of the
batiste. Another new design exhibits
u much more lace-like aspect. as the
stripes are narrower; while third has
the lace stripe twice the width of the
one that is closely woven. the latter be-
ing relieved by pin-head dots of rose
color set closely together. This will
he used for drapery and basque or for a
polonaise to be worn over skirts of
either silk or velvet. Brown. dark.
green. purple and mode are the colors
usually chosen. and ribbons and velvet
galloon provide suitable trimming for
them.
Those cOttons that are close kin to
woods and which have rejoiced in many
names, the most ineligible of which
is wool batiste, are shown in a variety
of cOlors and combinations as dainty as
a bit of Dresden china-an obvious
comparison. for they seem always to
hint of some such fragile but beautiful
piece of bric-a-brac. The ground
shades are delicate, and both figures
and stripes are shown upon them, the
stripes being usually fancy and formed
of arabesques. vines or stiff little figures
setin row. A clear white ground has
upon it dark-blue stripe that is quite
narrow. and then stripe formed Of
quaint, stiff figures outlined in red,
blue and some neutral tints. On white,
rose, cream and pale-blue grounds are
shown narrow stripes of pink. red.
black and olive; each stripe is formed
of innumerable little dots, and the re-
suit is odd but attractive. Blue and
yellow wild blossoms are seen on a
cream ground. oval shapes in orange.
blue and white are on Turkey-red and
dark-blue, tiny rose-buds are on white.
cream, blue and rose. while small
checkerboard figures. apparently
thrown here, there and everywhere,
claim all colors for their own.
The larger designs consist of yellow
blossoms on white, mauve and blue, of
mauve on yellow. red on white, and
rose ON blue. In the cotton as in the
woods the mauve patterns are well
brought out and are decidedly smart.
A costume of the white batiste with a
yellow flower upon it is made with a
skirt that is of the fashionable length
and has drapery that is long and much
loOped in the back and falls even with
the edge of the skirt. At one side is
a plated panel of the material. its fac
ing of golden-brown velvet showing as
it follows a cascade-like course back
of the long plaits. In front is ar
ranged plated tablier that is high at
one side and long and plain at the
other, where it flares decidedly from
the panel and shows to good adj
vantage q smooth facing that il
applied to the reversed part of
the skirt and Is covered with loops
of golden-brown velvet and yellow
.rosgrains ribbons. The basque is
quite simple. being a short position.
with collar and cuffs of the velvet.
Folds of the yellow ribbon finish the
neck and wrists, the gloves are long.
light tan undressed kid in harmony
with the yellow tones. The hat is Of
fine straw trimmed with brown velvet
and yellow pansies, while the umbrella
is of golden-brOwn silk.
Sateens differ but little from those Of
last season. possibly because it is
thought further improvement can not
be made. They are made specially at
tractive in the mauve and brown
shades, and will undoubtedly be much
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